Man Cleared In Shooting Sues Over Incarceration

Edwin Chandler Files Suit Wednesday

A Kentucky man cleared of a 1993 deadly shooting and robbery after spending almost a decade in prison is suing the city of Louisville and the police department after evidence definitively pointed to another man.

The firm, which was founded by Johnny Cochran, is noted for handling these kinds of cases

The 110-page document cites specifics, including a witness who told police they got the wrong man.

"When that information was given to the police department, it was ignored," Simon said.

This is the same group of attorneys who successful won a $3.9 million settlement from metro government for William Gregory, who was exonerated on a rape conviction through DNA testing. But it took nearly six years of litigation before that settlement was reached.

"I still have faith in the justice system," Chandler said. "I feel the justice system needs to be revamped."

That's what chandler told us a few days after his conviction was set aside. Simon says it's clear in this case, police dropped the ball.

"It's a travesty of justice. It's a travesty what happened to Mr. Chandler in this case," Simon said.

A grand jury charged the other man, 45-year-old Percy Phillips, of Louisville, with Whitfield?s slaying.

Phillips was in state custody serving 20 years on an unrelated assault conviction. His case is pending in state court.